March 2012 Archive

After a successful Nashville event, Amber Housley Inspired is coming to Tampa, Florida!

Join Amber Housley, Courtney Dial, Jessica Bishop and Sara Rose on the beaches of St. Pete, Florida. Tampa was the most requested city we bring AH Inspired to and is sure to be sold out with many inspiring and creative ladies!

Workshop Details : Tampa/St. Pete Florida

When: Thursday, May 24, 2012 and Friday, May 25, 2012

Where: The site of our workshop will be at the beachfront and vintage surf-inspired Postcard Inn.

Postcard Inn
6300 Gulf Blvd.
St. Pete Beach, Florida 33706

Just a sample of the topics we will cover:

Building your business from the ground up – whether you’re looking to start a new business or want to make some tweaks on an existing one, we’ll share the top things you need to do to start off right or changes you can be making to improve your business.

Wide array of “How To’s” some of which include: How to pitch a story idea to media, how to use social media and track results, how to create a client experience, how to attract clients, how to juggle business and personal life priorities, how to market effectively, how to present yourself professionally, how to network, and more!

Amber’s Toolbox: tools I use to effectively manage my business, recommendations of industry leaders and companies who are the best resources for my business

Personal stories and lessons learned from each one of our talented and inspiring speakers. You can read more about them here.

See more details here!

This engagement photo from Justin Wright makes me want to go boating NOW.

~ Kelly

StudioWed “Sweetery” The Sugar Wagon will be vending at the Nashville Cherry Blossom Festival this Saturday, March 24th! Grab an ice cream sandwich or an Italian cream soda at the Public Square downtown. Looking for a pre-emptive way to burn those calories? Show up for the free 2.5mi Nashville Cherry Blossom Sakura Walk starting at 9am! Everybody wins! :)

One of my favorite things to do is scour through wedding websites. I love reading the story behind the to-be-wedded couple, the bios of all the bridal party members, details about the upcoming wedding, and flipping through pictures from all stages of their lives.

When Drew and I got engaged, I knew I wanted to create a wedding website that was a little unusual, totally customizable, and pretty but informative. I’ve had a personal tumblr blog for a little over a year and love the formatting, so when it came to making decisions, I chose to make our wedding website via tumblr.

I looked at traditional wedding website formats and made the pages for ours still pretty traditional with a twist.  We have the standard “about us” page, the “where we’re registered,” and blogged a couple of times to showcase our engagement session and some basic FYIs. I even chronicled our entire 4.5 year dating relationship on our “history” page with pictures from freshman year to recent adventures.  One of my favorites is our bridal party page!! I spent one afternoon comprising biographies and finding the perfect pictures to illustrate our relationships with our nearest and dearest. It’s pretty fun. :)

Tumblr allowed me to customize our colors, theme, and put up pictures (as well as embed our engagement video) on every page! We’re both very pleased with how it turned out.

Oh, and we totally paid homage to our First Dance song through the website’s URL and title. Jon Foreman’s In My Arms is “our song,” so we scattered lyrics from it throughout. Drew and I have called one another “shore” and “sea” since we fell in love with the song (Drew even engraved a ring box for me a couple years ago with it!)– hence myoceanandme.tumblr.com.

Want to know a little more about us? Check out our website!!! :)